CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Helen K. Sutphin, 27 Jul 1999
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Helen K. Sutphin
07/29/99 
   Helen Kate Sutphin, 70, 158 Carl Taylor Road, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, 
July 27, 1999, in the Johnson City Medical Center. 
   A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Sam and Elma 
Egli Hall. She was preceded in death by her husband, William John "Bill" 
Sutphin, April 1, 1994, a son, Jonathan Eugene Sutphin, June 14, 1998, and a 
brother, Ray Hall.
   Mrs. Sutphin was a 1947 graduate of Unaka High School. She was a homemaker 
and a member of Stoney Creek Baptist Church, where she served as a nursery 
worker.
   Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law: Teresa and Jerry 
rindstaff, Elizabethton; and Tina Ericson, Atlanta, Ga.; one son and daughter-
in-law, Samuel William and Linda Sutphin, Jonesborough; one sister and brother-
in-law, Betty and Richard Grindstaff, Elizabethton; four grandchildren: 
Stephanie Iris Marie Goodson, Johnson City; Elizabeth Marie and William Keith 
Ericson, both of Atlanta, Ga; and James William Richard Grindstaff, 
Elizabethton; four step-grandchildren, one step-great-grandchild, several 
nieces and nephews and two aunts.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

   SUTPHIN -- Funeral services for Helen Kate Sutphin, 70, 158 Carl Taylor 
Road, Elizabethton, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, 
July 29, 1999, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with the Rev. 
Richard Estep and the Rev. H. Brooks Peters officiating. Music will be under 
the direction of Gene Church. Graveside services and interment will be at 
10 a.m. Friday, July 30, 1999, in the Ritchie Cemetery. Active pallbearers 
will be Bill Jones, Andy Hall, Norman Peters, Gene Ritchie, Gebe Ritchie and 
Elwayne Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Virgie Taylor, Zola Shankle, 
Edna D'Andelet, Edith Elizondo, Ned and Betty Greer, Ruby Hicks, Judy Wiseman, 
Christina Collins, Hazel Bergmann, Mamie Tipton, Shirley Sheffield, Shirley 
Anderson, Katie Taylor and Ann Rock. Everyone will meet at the funeral home 
chapel at 9 a.m. Friday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will 
receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 29, 1999, in the Riverside 
Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of 
flowers may make donations to the Stoney Creek Baptist Church, 1843 Highway 
91, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in 
charge of arrangements.